"DUET February 17, 2002E.V.: Michael Pestel & tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE": From 1997 to 2005 Michael Pestel was my main (M)Usical collaborator.  His position as Art Department director at Chatham College enabled us to do many things there & we both were organizing events.  This particular duet was generated to produce footage of us playing multiple instruments other than guitar that I could use in my "Guitarists Anonymous Withdrawal Aids".  It was shot by Kent Bye at my request.  He also planned to use the footage in a documentary that he was making about me.  After 7 fairly intensive months Kent decided against finishing the documentary because it had become more complicated than what he'd had in mind.  Because of this, most of his footage has 'languished' & I only recently rediscovered this duet raw footage in my aRCHIVE. Since I'm trying to make my duets more public I decided to edit this & add titles & to put it online.  Playing with Michael is always a joy because he's an excellent multi-instrumentalist, very inventive, & he loves to run from instrument to instrument.  PLUS he has an excellent instrument collection.  Everytime we play together there's a frenzy of creativity.  This duet gives an excellent look at how we plunge right in & whip through a variety of possibilities until we feel satisfied that we've 'got a take.'  - June 12, 2019 notes from tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE  

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